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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 104, 30 August 1873, Page 3

The building of fk Omanawa Bridge is rapidly * progressing. The eavy work is done, the chords are all in their ploc'b and, if the contractors are fortunate in tho 'ether, it will be finished in . about a fortnight It is a very solid structure, and

the way in widest is put together reflects great credit upon the ontractor (Mr Bumpus). Every ; piece, botii ofwodand iron, is ni * fly fitted ; and, I' though heavy, -his bridge will when finished be i the best an- prettiest in the district. Of course its gretest recommendation is its utility. Those bavin land between the Omanawa and Pamgaroa w 1 now be able to occupy, hitherto an almost imji pbility owing to the difficulty of getting bar * 'fl forwards, the river being a , t.Jal one. •■‘A the best of times very incoa- / venient.

A Mr® ra y arrived at Tauranga from the “ Uri werr couutr y yesterday, bringing intelligence -that so 10 squabbling respecting tho title of native lands " 8°* n S 0,1 between the Ngatiuri and Nga".tironp Maungapihako, and it is expected that; tlio ratter will be a subject for investigation iji -the atJrc Bands Court. I

I Yer J serious disturbance was created ix, G-i, orne , Poverty Bay, the other day by Henan yjn.ua and the land repudiation party. The Deei 1 Session Commissioners bad to adjourn th ./jurt, then sitting, and the wildest confusio, reigned for a time. A special orderly wa despatched overland to Napier, and the Grovers mcnt were at once crnmunicated with by telgraph, the result being that the Court has tea adjourned slue die. Y

We congratulate our Opotiki friends on tfe Opening of Mr J. K. Buahton’e Ohiwa Hot*. Crrent inconvenience must have been experienc'd by intending passengers from Opotiki to Aucklad pir Southern Cross, as that steamer generalf makes Ohiwa her port of call owing to the dilOulty of crossing the bar at Opotiki in bi weather. Passengers have hitherto had to go ) Ohiwa, and after perhaps spending the night i a not, over-cleanly Maori whare, waiting for te Steamer, been disappointed, and returned, only) Pear, probably next day, that the Cross was i sight about half an hour after their departm. |How different the case is now that there is i Terminus hotel. Passengers to Opotiki will b able to recruit themselves alter the unpleasantnes of set-sickn-ss, &c., find comfortable quarters fr the night and a horse to transport them in th jiiortiu g to their destination ; whilst travellei from Opotiki will be able to install themselves t their ease under the hospitable roof of > Bush ton, when waiting for the steamer. Bi, independent of this, a tract of some 3,000 acres f fertile laud, which has been allotted to militar settlers, lies about three miles up the river, andv place where goods may be stored ready for trail mission to Auckland will, we have no douh prove a great inducement to settlers to take D and cultivate their lands.

A tew days ago we called the attention of te authorities to the existing mail service botwen Tauranga and Obinemutu, Mr Sheath, or obliging postmaster, has promptly answered te call, and requests us to mention that in future* special packet will be made up for Obinemut, and teat Mr I homas Bennett, hotelkeeper, vil tiiftO charge of tbe maxis until a postmaster s officially appointed.

Me are informed that the req..Hqfr>n to Captfn Morns, urgmg upon that gentleman to a‘,low hiiseif to be nominated ns a candidate for ,ing the district of Tauranga in the Brovins Ghaneil, has been very numerously signed. T, requisition will appear in our next issue.

Mr Booth s photographs, &c., are now on vii at the Mechanics’ Institute, and are well wof seeing. Mr Booth deserves support in i ■ venture, and wo are, therefore, glad to learn t| toe tickets are being rapidly disposed of. I Mr Lewis Samuels—-the facetious, the knowife, and the poetical—sends us the following your issue of this day you inform to public of Tpuranga that I (Samuels) had « interview with Lord Kimberly. You will ples e contradict t his report at once, as I am particulajy caretul with regard to my acquaintances.—l m, &c., L Samuels.— l shall stop my paper shold a simitar error occur again,—Tauranga, 21h August,lß73.” [A thousand apologies. Tm you will have no occasion to carry out voir dreadful threat. One distinguished militaire hs hv^ a u P a P er —still we manage ,o not J 1 the , l 1 ° l et Laureate of Tauranga smikg unsunV’’’—E» S ] ali be “ ard We hear that Mr Dugald McKeliar has received »r“ i r;";“"”, tofCoiiector ° f P nd t.iai. ho may be expected to arrive i i iiSS. 1 " Cit trip of tl,e Soutl '" l "' m

attended at L lla “ haU Uie^ tin S afc Alexandra wa - by over a thousand natives" Th the C pronl.et T® ° f & privatß nature * p eckhatr * n pr . op ,*• >vas present, but lie evidently h*u sn £ mant,c ' and hi> ** is. 1 ? performed. J 6 narj a miracle was

r r d r irr ,7 afc Ka tifcati is nearly com'm™to c S“/ a r"a J a . nd ~aff wm « Club announce another Thursday F ri dav 1 nC | 3 ° U the of aomngst“other In ’ f- nd Saturdw -* next. Ihcn »ill be ° n Tf tW V Dtlrely BoWpieceß "Aged i’or?v»t ’ , Xho Half” and for some time m C ° Urse of rehearsal successful P * Snd Predict yviil b e Tery

Tho 13 r> brew of th e'pri ng Well 11 cotnmmtfd at snndowpnd complm.ml at olrv>. n o’clock. Thursday iening last. ,1 ho wisoio process 'as exceeding interesting, but towards tile las ! when tho p<jut beverage ran over tho refrige tor pure and raneparenl, as a sheet of plate gss, our intern was doubled. When put to th test of twofaccharotticters tho brew turne< out 50 per nit. over the strength of ordiny ale. Use pfiuct of the brew will, wo are formed, be ruy for drinking early next week

MBradley has the office of collect or of ta education ra for this district, and Mr E >ir Hill is appoind to HU the vacancy.

i error occurrehn our report of the case Paons v. Sellars, Jely heard in the Resident Mfistrato’s Courti Captain Sellars in giving ev.enco is made f say, “ 1 had a bad load of pits,” whereas it mild read a “ boat ” load. Ve have to ackijvledge the receipt of another bch of Bills amParliatuentary papers j also, ‘lansard,” Nos. and 7. Mr W. I. Booths gazetted collector of rates r the Taurang North Township Highway card, vice Mr Bihey, resigned. Mr Roger Hilhss been gazetted Returning Ifficer “for the #otion of a member of the Prodncial Council qthe province of Auckland for ■he district of Taanga and Mr H. W. Brabant las obtained a eyiar appointment for Opotiki.

The inquiry bore the Governor regarding the disturbance übod the ship William Tapseoct, is concluded.

As our readeiare aware, the Honorable Mr Fox is trying timss the Permissive Bill in New Zealand, and Pm late Australian paj vs we perceive that (e Honorable Mr C ~ey is busy with a similar easure for Yietoria. The Argus of a late date r'erring to the Bill ys :—“ We appeal to all fo think personal privilegi , and individual things too precious to be frittered awadn deference to the whims of a parcel of resfcja busy bodies, whose impuden e is only eqaallecbj their bigotry, to shake off their apathy at om, and make it abundantly evident that no interrence with the private rights of the community ill be tolerated. The gage has been thrown dow, and it should now be war a outrance .”

The E.iy at Wairarapa has read a severe lesson to thjewho are directors of the intellectual game of “j.anbee Grab,” alias ‘‘ Help my Neighbour,'alias “Sydney Swindle.” It was spoken of k all these names. Two men were fined, one Is and costs, and the other 5s and costs, for tempting to coerce a young man o join in tbo'iune. The landlord also received a well mered reprimand for allowing such a game to bfplayed m his house and not interfering to preserv order.